Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 January 1895 — Page 3

——-" " (Chefikf (fountg flrraofrat M. MeO. 8T00P8, Editor and Propriety. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA. A BLESSED MORTGAGE. —

t RS. M \J X ROB i n efestasies of deHj'ht She had secured a net* cook at the most ridiculous wa’tfci. Of* course, she had not told, the new girl, hut it i was quite trne that she her not what she had been compelled paid : half i to pay the cook

mira Pollers, a fresh, pleasant-featured young country girl, had applied for the place'and accepted Mrs. M unroe’s offer of two dollars a week to start with, her new mistress did not think it necessary to mention that the proposed sum was Very low indeed. “Of course you shall have more as yon improve, Almira, but you know so little about fancy cooking 1 scarcely feel able to pay 3 0U more at the start,’’ Mrs. Munroe hdd said, smiling sweetly on Almira, who did not know that very little fancy cooking was ever done in that household. And so Almira took up her burden, and for the first time in nineteen years of her . life began to j earu-wages. s The Pollers had always been farmers and owned theW own place, but Almira's father had somehow managed to get behind and a mortgage had! been fastened upon the farm. The man who held the mortgage was very well satisfied to receive a good interest-every j year and renew Peter Poller’s note: < but it came to pass that it was hard to pay even the interest. This.particular year the crops had mostly failed. It lacked but a few weeks when the interest was due, when Almira, the eldest of the flock—-there were ten in Allmade up her mind to go out “to service.” Her determination created a j great commotion in the family. None 1 of the Poller women had ever worked j out, and the idea was very distaste-; iful, but Almira eventually carried the ■ day. Had her education been thorough I eno.ugh she would gladly have taught school, but the little Pollers had ap^ peared at such frequent intervals that Almira ..was obliged to ctay at home # most of the time tp assist her mother, and her education was limited. So, not without some inward struggles, she had decided that ,the only way she could hAlp along wopld be by exercising her chief gift, cooking. Mrs. Munroe’s advertisement in the Weekly Gazette/bad caught her eye, and she was veijy happy when she secured the situation. The Wages were not large, but she could save all the f." money for her father, and there would be^pne less to feed at home. That counted for something. Mrs. Munroe’s family consisted of herself and a brother. Mr. Munroe had died several years before and his widow was quite wealthy. Her home, situated in an aristocratic suburb of the city, although small was haQd~ some and well appoin ted, and she had sufficient income to keep it up well. Mrs. Munroe' liked to call herself economical, and wc cannot deny that she was in some things.' She dressed elegantly and gave largely to her church, but there never was a closer woman in some respects than she. The shopkeepers areaded to see her come iu, for although she always purchased the best, she invariably haggled at the

price until she got the goods for less than the marked price. At the grocer's it was the same way, and woe to the servant who wasted a scrap of anything or presumed to eat more than the mistress thought necessary. After the first table Mrs. Munroe removed any delicacy she considered unnecessary for a servant’s coarse appetite without the slightest compunction. Her brother Tom, who paid a handsome sum for the privilege of sharing her home, once saw this performance and remonstrated with her, but to no avail: -i> “It would be casting pearls before swine,” she remarked, to his intense disgust, as she replaced a dish of lemon jelly in the closet and substituted a saucer of molasses. Tom Birney was one of those bighearted convivial fellows who, left with more money than they needed;, succeeded in getting rid of it in different and unprofitable ways. He was not really bad, but he drank a good bit and never had done anything useful in his life. He had been put in his father's office, but he was extremely weak in his arithmetic, and succeeded in mixing up the figures so badly that it took an expert to untangle, them. After that his father had not ufied to make a business man of him, but said that as Tom had been cut out for a gentleman he should be one. But this was exactly what poor Tom was not cut out to be—that is, if we agree to the accepted meaning of the A word—a man of refined manners. 'He . loved horses and enjoyed the society of horsemen; liked better to hear a robust German girl sing funny songs at the garden than to hear Patti at the Grand. If he ever yielded to his sister’s importunities to accompany her to a dancing party he was sure to step on his partners’ toes, to tear their dresses by his awkwardness, and drink too much champagne at supper. In fact Tom, although kind-hearted and honest, was very ill at ease and oat of place at society, and at last, after making himself very conspicuous at a » New York dance, his sister vowed she would never ask him to go with her again. She told him this very emphatically the morning after the ball, as she left him to eat his late breakfast alone. Tom was feeling very badly and indulging in a severe ease of “kataen

jammer,” the result of too frequent visits to the punch tow’, but looked up when Almim came in with his breakfast and noticed that she was looking pale. “What is the matter, Almira?” he asked. “Nothing, Mr. Tom,” replied Almira, moving^ c>m. r<l the floor quietly. “I say Biennis something wrong; out with it, Almira,” continued Tom, wish-, ing to help her if she was in troublepf any kind. Almira made no reply and Tom sprang np and obstructed her way. “Say, you’re working too hard, and Sister Eleanor pays you beastly small wages. I’ll be bound. Maybe it’s a new gown or a bonnet you’re grieving after—eb, Almira? Here, take this and get it” And before Almira could speak the impulsive Tom had plunged his hand into his pockets., brought out a lot ,oi coin pnd pushed it into her hands “How dare yon?” she demanded, so choked np she could scarcely articulate. “Have 1 ever given you any reason, Mr. Tom, to treat me with such disrespect?” 1 “Disrespect?" related Tom. very red and. astonished. “Do yon think I meant any disrespect, to you, Almira? 1 swear I respect you more than any other woman I know; I only thought you were pining for some of the pretty things most giris like, and why shouldn’t I do some good with my useless money?” Almira saw that he was honest in his speech and was appeased, but when he asked anxiously: “If it isn’t a gmvn or hat, what in hea?en’s name is it?” she burst into tears, and, forgetting that she was Mrs. Munroe’s servant-girl and that Mr. Tom was her brother and a rich man, forgetting all save the trouble that was wearing : on her and making her pale an,d thin, ! she poured out her woes into his sympathising ear. She told him about the mortgage on j their farm, how it had teen renewed j from j-ear to year when the interest was paid. They had grown so accustomed to that they had never thought of losing the place until Mr. Pollers, ; on taking the. interest so hardly | earned and increased by Almira’s savings, had been informed that his creditor needed the money aud must have it op the farm. * The blow had fallen like a clap of thunder from a clear sky. The thought of leaving the old homestead was insupportable, and yet where could Peter Pollers expect to raise the money to cancel the mortgage? Almira told her story, punctuated by sobs, and Tom listened attentively. When she had finished, he asked: “Is it a large sum, Almira?” ‘“Oh, yes, Mr. Tom, two thousand dollars!” she said, sadly. “Hum!” said Tom, pulling his mat

It’* dreadful to think of it.” Almins shuddered as she picked up her tray and left the table. •‘Hold there.” said Tom. “ you don’t understand it, Almira. It’s got such a hold on me. How can I shake it oft? Tee got no caeelse to help me if 1 try.” and, weakened and unnerved as he was, the tears started to bis eyes ‘•Tell uae what to da” “You can get down and pray to God to help you,” said Almira, solemnly, “and 3*ou can go to the cure. They say it’s wonderful what they can da Be a m»n, Mr. Tom. and try it,” she urged Tom sat irresolute for a moment, then rose and grasped her hand. “I will try,” he ssid, “and if 1 come oat ahead it will all be owing to you. But it will be hard, Almira. I know, for I tried once, only I couldn’t stick it out. But I’ll try again,if only to show you—” He stopped abruptly and wrung her hand and rushed out of the room. If Mrs. Monroe had known that her brother set such value on Almira Pollers* good opinion she would have been horrified. She reported that brother Tom had gone to a sanitarium because she had lectured him into it, and was quite satisfied as the weeks lengthened into months and Tom still remained there. In truth he was having a terrible fight with the demon who had so nearly claimed him as his own. But at last he “came out ahead,” as he himself explained it When he returned home he walked straight through all the handsome rooms down to the kitchen, where Almira was alone at work. The look on his face, even before he spoke, told hqr that he had conquered. “Oh, I’m so glad.” she faltered, putting her toil-worn hand into the one he held out “1 knew ypu could do it” “You had faith in me, did yon, Almira?” he asked, still holding her hand and looking curiously at her beaming face. Almira nodded assent “Well, I’m cured now—wouldn’t touph a drop of it if there were gallons and gallons of the very finest flowing all around ms. But will it last? I can’t tell, and I’ve got to have somebody to help me if that dreaded thirst comes on again. I’ve got to have a wife who will love and believe in me and keep me from falling. You're the only one who had faith in me, Almira, and you’re the only one 1 want for a wife. Say yes, Almira.” “Oh, Mr. Tom,” she cried, trying to draw her hand away, “yon can’t mean it—why—I’m—only your sister’s cook.” “That has nothing to do with the case. You’re the noblest girl I know, and I want you find only you. Can’t you try to love me enough to marry me, Almira? I’ll try to be a good husband, I swear.” “How can 1 help loving you,” mnr

1 V imum * -‘MISTER TpM, I AM SORRY FOR TOC.’'

tache and looking very bard out of the window. ‘“Couldn’t your father get some one to pay the man and take up the mortgage? “Suppose—suppose—rl take it up, Almira?” ventured Tom, still looking out of the window and. getting very red again. Astonishment and rapture appealed on the girl’s face at his words “Do you mean it, Mr. Tom? Oh, you are too good!” she cried. “Bosh!” said Tom, brusquely. “It’s simply a good investment. Don’t accuse me of being good, Almira; I’m incorrigibly bad. I am. But” (hearing footsteps approaching), “run on. i’ll drive out and see your father to-day andgist the mortgage.” And without giving her a moment to express her thanks, he hurried on. Not long after this Almira noticed that Tom was drinking steadily. He took vrhat meals he^artelftijome alone, Mrs. Munroe declaring she yould not and could not lend him her countenance. The girl, as she waited onhira, felt a great deal of pity for this man, who seemed so alone and was wasting health and fortune in dissipation, and at last one morning when he was looking unusually used up and his hands were trembling so that he could hardly hold his cup she again forgot the difference in their stations and spoke out. . ■■■>•* ; j ■ ; : . : “Mr. Tom,” she said, “Pm sorry for you.” “What! Sorry for me? What do you mean, Almira? I’m having a jolly good time. A short life and a merry one— that’s my motto.” Almira shook her head and looked at him steadily. “Do you never think how much good you might do instead of throwing yourself into little better than a beast?” “Humph! That’s pretty strong language, I must say,” he growled. “Ba t it’s true, Mr, Torn, if you keep on you'll sink lower tend lower—oh.

mured Almira. “I’ve nearly worshiped you siijee you lifted that heavy load from my poor father’s shoulders, and if you think I am good enough for you—” “Put oh your bonnet right away and we’ll find a license and a parson. Mrs. Munroe might say some things—unpleasant things—to Almira Pollers that she would not dare to say to Mrs. Tom Birney,” and in spite of Almira's remonstrances she was marched off, and so expeditious was Tom that inside of an hour they were married. Mrs. Munroe, when she was notified of the happy event, gave full sway to her rage in the privacy of her own room. When kind friends offered condolence she sighed and wiped a few imaginary tears with her handkerchief. “Brother Tom was always the black sheep of the family,” she said. “We never could make a gentleman of him. I suppose we should be thankful he’s done no worse. The girl is really quite capable and may be able to keep him straight.” . The usual order of things was reversed when Mrs. Tom Birney on her wedding day made her father a present, and it was nothing less than the mortgage on his farm. And Almira said, as they all drew around the fireplace and watched it turn to ashes, that it wits a blessed mortgage after all, lor it led her indirectly to her Tom.—Toledo Blade. .-:-- - t Sanitary Item. “Lay off your overcoat, or you won’t feel it when yon go out,” said the land-^ lord of a Texas hotel to a newly-ar-rived guest m ho was sitting by the fire. “That’s what I am afraid of,” replied the stranger; “the last time I was here I laid off my overcoatand I didn’t feel it vrhen I came out, and I haven’t felt ut since.”—Texas Siftijura.

A PLEA FOR FREE TRADE. Democrats Urged to Calte for True 'irariff Reform. Franklin Mac Veagh, of Illinois, Jemwratk candidate for United States senator, came out for radical free trade in an address to the dem««eratic joint caucus at Springfield on the evening of Tuesday, January $. He sa. 4 the time had come for the party t o* lay down the slogan of tariff refon i and take up that of free trade. The » *cent defeat of the party he called a : oudburst. the effect of whieh. ht said, would soon pass away. The » emocracy needed, he said, to be bet mt organized and its leaders ought t< vork together instead of in oppe dtion. There was no room in the ranks of the party for anyone who favored th s principles of protection. The currei cy, he said, was secondary to the tariff but it was important for the demociats to Agree on some satisfactory syste a., He suggested that gold and silver 1« used equally as the basis, that the ei edit of the nation be maintained at a iy cost and that the government wit hdraw from the banking business. Mr j. MaeVeagh’s speech is given in part as follows “If ts said that in the last election . lie democrats were defeated. This seems to r le to be misleading. Something happened uni oubtedly. But whst it was is less clear. At i his distance and with time to think over nr bat occurred. I am inclined, to think it was * cloudburst. It certainly bad the same unexpectedness as a cloudburst—the same sadden, overwhelming flood, the same piled-up wreckage and. if yon will permit me to say so. title same unscientific inconsequence.* and I. therefore, permit myself to believe the same u nlikelihood of recurrence. “Most assuredly, in my judgment, the great policy of. the democratic party—the policy of tariff reform—was not defeated. Its defenders, if you choose, were defeated—pertly because they got themselves confused with its enemies. The reform was not defeated. This may seem a nice distinction, but it is the real distinction of the situation. “Even now some of fbe wiser leaders among the republicans are eager to find h way to, presene as much of our legislation as they can Without seeming to abandon tbetr theory that high cost living is a blessing to the masses of the people, or their theory that a nation can sell its surplus for something except the surplus of other nations, or their theory that the greatness of a nation consists .in its provincialism. and that the nations of this rather small earth are at their best when they reject all intercourse with each other, or their theory that China is the type of civilized life. But these leaders, if the republican party remain in power, will not prevail. They have tried before to moderate the greed of protection and have always failed. They will fail again And though the people have not meant tb vote for high protect ion now. any more than they did in 1888, they will, if the republicans remain in power, get high protection now as they got it in 1881 And it rests, therefore, still with us to preserve this great reform. You can get reform, my friends, only through reformers.

“And the sooner we bring about the iunest measure ot this reform the better it will be (or the business of the nation, for there is no other road to commercial and manufacturing peace- There never, believe me. will be a final settlement of the tariff question in this country while the spirit of American institutions and the independence, the enterprise and the splendid aggressiveness of the American character are largely defeated by the economic narrowness, the class selfishness and the discreditable provincialism of the protective system. Eventually this wholly un-American system must, by the mere logic of natural fitness, be wiped out. And there is. therefore, but one way for the business of the nation to get final conditions and that is to definitely abandon a policy that cannot in the nature of thinga be anything but temporary. “There is but one condition that this nation will finally accept as worthy of its antecedents, its pretensions, its duty to itself and to the world., and that is the condition of the trade. It is the only cure of unrest, for it is the only Hisue to the great contention r we may wish, is to be. until it ontrolling dispute of American r contentions may come and ns may go. but this greatest , conditions, until free trade is cy of the country, will go on forever. “And to carry on this contention both parties are committed, and about it that battle of rational politics will be waged. The republican party is hopelessly committed to protection. There may be misgivings here and there in that party. An editor here or there, a candidate for the presidency or .a candidate for the senatorship may have doubts whether the McKinley bill should again be risked against the growing knowledge and the waking conscience of the people, and here and there we may find a scared republican inclined to steal some of our thunder, but the republican party is a .protectionist party, befit on maintaining a permanent protective system. And it has now, in the interesting progress of our reform, comq to this—that it no longer matters what the degree of republican protection may be. for the inherent vice of .the republican policy lies not in the degree of protection, but in the principle of protection. ••And the democratic party is committed. It is a wise, conservative, patriotic and even longenduring party, and it can at all times be intrusted to deal patiently and considerately with ail meritorious interests of right-dealing citizens. But while it has argued for patient degrees of tariff reform ,and so far has legislated on that line, it has never used an argument in furtherance of tariff reform that was not drawn from the philosophy of free trade. And it would from the beginning have been absurd to advocate the tariff reform if we had not from the same beginning believed in ultimate free trade. It now. in my opinion, is high time to drop the shibboleths of tariff reform and to raise the banner of free trade. We have advocated and we have achieved tariff referm. ltft us henceforth advocate and let, us achieve free trade

'“America, my friends, has In this great mat ter a mission. She has established domestic institutions founded on freedom and democracy. and she must establish international relations founded on freedom and democracy. She has taught the world,that she can thrive within her own vast domain and produce high nationality upon principles of free trade and she must now show the world that the highest intercourse of International life is based upon the absolute freedom of trade. It is not a mere question of profit. 1| is not the mere opportunity to be the greatest commercial nation the world has ever seen and to gather for ourselves tribute from all. the nations. The result of flee trade will undoubtedly be the commercial domination, of our country, for. as I said In the late campaign, whenever she protectionist barriers of this nation are torn down, it is not the Fnlted States which will need protection against England. Germany and France, but it win be England. Germany and France that will need protection against us. “But this is not alt We have. I repeat, a mission. We have a duty. We are bound to put our great nation where she belongs—in the forefront of the world.where she can loth teach and learn, and where she will have -or rightful companionship with the nations We are bound to let her show the world wha .the in so able to show it—that the real meanin ; of unrestricted commerce has never been revealed since those first days of Phoenicia ai d Greece, and that there is hidden in it possib titles undreamed of beneath for all mankin I. American genius, American enterprise. American invention. American democracy are «Jbe such vast forces in civilization that it is sinful and shameful to deny them to mankind. And what of the unmeasured treasure houses < it raw material. and what of the unlimited ertilities which nature has put into our keepli t as trustees for the whole world. With nil tl ise treasures and with nil this national gen is we can flood the world with benefits that rill raise our commerce to the practical heigt s of philanthropy and our nation to all tb r lories of

prominence Free trade is sot sordid It to », broad philosophy. And he must be » dull man. filin'* who cannot become thrilled with Its splendid meaning*- . w i “I therefore believe tha.t our great party, haring long taught and finally legislated tariff reform, should now show, what I know It has. the courage of its essential underlying convictions and say frankly that it stands for free trade. >• “But whatever degree of this reform we shall conclude to stand for, one thing we must all agree is absolutely essential to our success as it is to our party dignity and self-respect and as it Is necessary to our bolding the respect of the nation. That essential thing is this: That while we gladly admit within our party lines nil who believe in .whatever degree of tariff reform and who will loyally support the party »tariff position, we must refuse to ac£” cept party responsibility for men who are protectionists whether, they call themselves democrats or not. We must make this essential discrimination perfectly clear to the people. No party can rightfully carry forward a great reform unle s it is united, disciplined and faithfully led. “And this brings me to ask why it is that the democnnicj?Arty, -xhich did so well—considering the faft that it had to accomplish tariff reform against the opposition of the protection' 1st majority la the senate—has seemed to a vast majority to have done so badly. “My view of it is that while a variety of bad luck conspired to our defeat, this special anomaly is due. in the main, to the circumstance that we appeared to the nation divided, undisciplined and disorganized. This appearance was due to two facts: First, that certain protectionist senators who opposed our reform were considered by both our opponents and ourselves democrats and treated as democrats in good standing, while they opposed our most democratic principles and policy. We were therefore charged with the responsibility for their acts. Their opposition not only obstructed us. but discredited us before the people by showing us divided end disorganized; In the late campaign we tried to draw the line—and certainly here in Illinois we drew It. vigorously; but there was not time enough to make the disclaimer effective. But it would be gross folly—folly Inviting to further defeat—to be less than drastic now in defining a democrat and insisting upon a genuine belief in democratic reform aa a sine qun non. “The other fact was that we not only presented a disorganized appearance to the people, but were actually, at least, unorganizedWe were not organized well enough for effective attack, and we were equally helpless to defend ourselves against growing misconceptions. Scarcely two leaders perfectly agreed. No great; newspaper attempted to consistently defend die party. There was neither, organized at tuck nor organized defense. And we are practically in that same condition to-day. While it lasts we shall. I fear, be dependent for/ success upon the weariness the country may ' come to feel of republican domination. Independence such as characterizes democrats and is unknown among republicans is very fine and is something for us to be proud of, but we must succeed in reconciling it with that sense of thi necessity of organized,jand consistent party action and of responsible leadership without which'fiarty success, and even party government, is an impossibility.”

A GIFTED PARISIAN DOG. He Know a Better Trick Than Barking at ike Burglars. M. and Mme. Herisson. living1 in the Rue St. Sauver, went to the theater I one evening, leaving their domicile guarded only by a very intelligent little dog, who answered to the name of Castor. They valued him highly and often remarked: “Castor—we would not sell him fear ten thousand francs—not even to the pope himself.” They had not been long away when burglars entered the house. Castor, " who was at that moment in the kitchen, whiling away his hours by chasing his tail, heard his master's step, picked up his ears and listened. A moment mare and he decided if must be thieves. To the proverbial fidelity of his race there was added in this wonderful dog the wisdegn of serpents. Realizing that if he barked the intruders would seize and silence him forever, he sat down, covered his head with his paws, and thought intensely. At last a lighfjbroke oyer his mind, and he stole noiselessly ffom the house and ran swiftly to a near-by building which was in the course of construction. There he seized a lighted lantern in his mouth and returned with it to the house. The ruse met with the success it deserved. (The thieves, seeing the light in the , adjoining room, believed themselves detected and fled. Castor's joy knew no bounds, and when his owners returned they found him still rubbing his paws with satisfaction.—Paris Lf Lanteme.

Rom once of Punkla Hollow. The old folks had gone to bed, and Sime and ’Mandy were in the dim little parlor, „ where burned a slow fire of sizzling hickory logs in the old-fash-ioned fireplace. The wintry blasts shook the old farmhouse and the windows rattled, and a puff of smoke now and then came down the chimney on a return trip and cifcled familiarly about the room, but Sime and ’Mandy didn't mind it. They were sitting very close together. Sime, with throbbing heart and faltering tongue, had declared himself, and ’Mandy had listened shyly and with downcast eyes. Sime’s arm stole in a casual and apparently accidental way along the back of her chair. “And you’ll hare me, ’Mandy?” “Yes, Sime.” It was spoken softly, but Sime heard it, and there was a sound like that of a quart of cold mush colliding violently with the side of a brick house. Then the stalwart young man reeov-< ered himself and rose to his feet. “ ’Mandy,” he said, with the assured bearing of a man accustomed to acting with business-like promptness in all the great emergencies of life, “I've got to go to Chicago next Wednesday with four tor loads of hogs, an’ we’ll get married in the mornin’ and make the trip together.”— Chicago Tribune. At the Intelligence Ofllce. Mrs. de Peyster (wigaging a servant) —What nationality are you, Norah? Norah—Sure, O’im an American, mum. “What kind of American?” “Fai th and Oi guess yon’d call me ur Oirish-American.” *— “Then yon will not suit me, as I want a pure. American.” “O’i didn’t know there were any, (Haughtily)—I am one. “Oh, it’s beggin’ your pardon Oi amt but Oi never should have thought it; yea don’t look a bit like an Indian, mum.”—Puck. Since September, 1883, fifty new gold mines have been discovered in Colorado. The chances are that Colorado will become the biggest gold-bug state of the lot.

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